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16 November 2012 647 comments
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It’s been a week of uncertainty for Fantasy managers as international withdrawals saw the possibility of “phantom injuries” casting minor doubts over members of our squads for the weekend. Those doubts still linger, although we have had reassurance on some of the big names.

They don’t come much bigger than Robin Van Persie who, according to Sir Alex Ferguson, “should be fit” for United’s trip to Norwich, though Wayne Rooney and Jonny Evans remain doubts.

Arsene Wenger has plenty of injury worries, with Mikel Arteta and Olivier Giroud added to his list of doubts this morning.

Roberto Di Matteo has fewer concerns – John Terry is expected to be sidelined for around three weeks with the knee injury sustained against Liverpool last Sunday, while Frank Lampard is again unavailable due to an ongoing calf problem. Staying in West London and Mahamadou Diarra is a “big doubt” for Fulham’s home game with Sunderland, while Kieran Richardson is out for around 10 days with a hamstring problem.

QPR welcome back Fabio and Kieran Dyer to their squad, though Bobby Zamora is struggling and Ji-Sung Park remains sidelined with a knee problem.

Swansea and Newcastle both have a stack of injuries going into their clash on Saturday, although there was no mention of Demba Ba’s shin injury from Alan Pardew’s list of worries, leading us to accept that he’s available for the meet with the Swans. Michael Laudrup has a number of concerns, some of which he’s keeping to himself, although there’s a suggestion that both Leon Britton and Ashely Williams are the latest knocks to trouble the Dane’s preparations.

We’ve collected all this and squeezed it into our team news section and added our current predicted lineups for the weekend ahead. You can keep in touch with the very latest via our twitter feed as always.

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  1. Robalabobolol
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Who's going to be a sad git like me tonight and stay in with some beers, watching all the comments of people freaking out who to captain and spending all their hard earned points on Tottenham and Arsenal players?...........

    Oh....................

    Just me then?.....

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    1. Desertbug
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      OH, I'll be here as well. Pathetic lot we are.

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  2. martyhan
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Sterling or michu. Who to bench? Thoughts?

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    1. Desertbug
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Tough, but I'd bench Sterling. Wigan are decent and Liverpool haven't been pouring in goals. Sterling might be on delivery end of a goal from RatboySuarez, but probably not a whole lot more than that. Newcastle are still kind of beat up at the back, I believe, and I'd think Swansea could find net. Michu remains involved in most of Swansea action, and that is probably even more the case this weekend with Pablo Hernandez questionable from ankle injury. Michu form a bit off from early year successes, but still on the whole, a better player.

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      1. tahoe don
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        +1

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    2. Lucky_2010
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      sterling .....

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  3. JackT2
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Accidentally made 32 points of transfers without opting to play my wildcard. Anyone know if I play my wildcard now whether those points will still be deducted?

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    1. t2djo
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      hahahahahahahah

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    2. PB-THE-VET
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      If you play it now no points will be deducted

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      1. JackT2
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Anyone confirm this?

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        1. Thatkid
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Yup..

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      2. Desertbug
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Yup. If you play it now, you won't have the points deducted. Sounds like you have no other option, really.

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        1. Desertbug
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          pretty sure of that

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          1. Wakka Wakka
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            I did the same thing last year. Only realised the next week i could still have played my WC. So i am sure if you play your WC now you wont have points deducted.

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          2. Ray
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            100% if you play it now, it wont deduct points for this gw. You ave to do it.

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    3. tahoe don
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      will be deducted if you act Immediately

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    4. tahoe don
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Play WC now and you will not be charged the 32 points .... i think. Have to do it soon, though.

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  4. Crabster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    oops

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    1. Desertbug
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      hoops

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  5. t2djo
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    play the wildcard

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  6. Crabster
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    My ticker won`t load... Anyone else have this problem..???

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  7. Desertbug
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Begovic (McCarthy)
    Rafael/Baines/McCartney
    Mata/Santi/Fellaini/Granero
    Berbs(C)/RVP(VC)/Jelavic

    Maloney/Cameron/Olsson

    thoughts?

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  8. Acquafresca
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Is RVP still a safe pick after Sir Alex's wise words??

    Last time i heard he "should be fit" I ended up with 1pt cameo(C)

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    1. Hansel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Have the exact same dilemma. I don't trust the old man's words after stoke at home

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  9. Wakka Wakka
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Missed the prices rises but....... Ba to Bervatov on a FT?

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  10. ulsterfry
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Quick RMT:

    Jaas (Ruddy)
    Baines, Ahole, McAuley
    Hazard, Yaya, Sterling, Pienaar
    Tevez, RVP, Berba

    Bench: Ruddy, Gorkss, Williamson, Robson-Kanu

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  11. Holland9
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Thinking of selling Cazorla for Silva this wkend??good/bad idea??

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    1. Gabantoya
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      good for value but probably bad for points. Silva might not perform well against Chelsea defences. Caz has good home match. But if you want Silva better do it soon. His net transfer is climbing.

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  12. Lavonious
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Play Hangeland or Ivanovic???

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    1. Gabantoya
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Obviously the one not suspended.

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  13. tahoe don
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    I'm going with Ivanovic. If I have him I'll play him, always a threat for a header

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    1. Lavonious
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Cheers,thats my gut instinct will run with that.

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